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' JosEP'n'c. HIGGINS, or BOUND snooK, NEW JERSEY.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bound Brook, in the county of Somerset and Stateof NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft-TreadIIorse shoes, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates-particularly to that class of soft-tread horseshoeswherein the tread portion (which is composed usually of rubber) is ofsubstanti ally the same shape and size as the metal shoe and is held inplace against the shoe by a metal keeper, the arrangement being suchthat the keeper and moval of the iron shoe from the horses-foot. Suchconstruction is disclosed in an application heretofore filed by me,Serial No. 679,457.

My present invention is directed particularly to improvements in themetal keeper preventing longitudinal or lateral displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspectiveof a horseshoewith my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a section upon the line 2 2 of Fig.1, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the keeper detached.

' A is a horseshoefof ordinary construction, except as to theparticulars which I shall describe. To the lower or tread side of A,Iapply a cushion B, of a rubber compound of suitable consistency orofother suitable material. Upon the lower side of the cushion B, which iscut out to receive it, I applyakeeper or auxiliary shoe 0, whichispreferably of the ing arranged to fit into depressions in the surfaceof thecushion-tread B; This keeper- 0 follows generally the contour, ofthe main horseshoe A and is provided with nail seats or holes D, themain shoe being correspondingly perforated, these holes being arrangedso that the horseshoe-nails w pass diagonally outward through thecushion B and emerge where their points are turned over and clenched, asshown in Fig. 1

The lower member 'or keeper 0 comprises a substantially flat bodyportion and has upon its upper side a projecting hook Enear its forwardend or toe and one or more feet, as

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Patent No. 629,295, dated July 18, 1899.

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F F, near its rear end. The hook E is designed to engage with the hoofside of the main horseshoe A, as shown-more particularly in Fig. 1, andthe feet or projections F F contact with one or more projections G uponthe heel or heels of the main shoe A; These depending projections E F,serve in connection with the nails m, to hold the plate 0, and with itthe cushion-pad B, in place, the projections E F acting particularly toresist dis--- placement when the horse stumbles.

The advantages of construction which I have described are obvious, forby myinvention the cushion-pad may be applied tea 1 horseshoe or renewedwithout removing the main shoe A from the horses foot, the only I changenecessary in the shoeA being the provision'of outwardly-extending holesfor the nails :1; and of slight projections Gto contact with the feet Fof the keeper.

The keeper 0 is of very simple construction. It may be stamped fromsheet metal with the hook E and feet F in the same plane with the bodyCand afterward bent to the form shown. The particular form of 0, so faras regards the cross pieces or braces I, is immaterial,

such braces being provided as will givesufficient rigidity to thekeeper. Any change in the braces I will of course necessitatecorresponding changes in the depressions upon the lower or tread side ofthe cushion-pad B. Iv do not intend to limit myself to the details ofconstruction shown, as the form, arrangeprojections designed to contactwith the main metal shoe, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

,JosEPH onieems.

Witnesses:

JAMES VOSSELLER,

JONATHAN B." PARDOE.

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